Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Survival on Steam.
Share of Survival games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Survival games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.6K | approximately $521 | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.2B |
| 2025 | 1.5K | approximately $854 | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.2B |
| 2024 | 1.4K | approximately $826 | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $2.1B |
| 2023 | 1.1K | approximately $837 | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $641.3M |
| 2022 | 887 | approximately $837 | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $477.6M |
| 2021 | 871 | approximately $807 | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $472.6M |
| 2020 | 720 | approximately $1K | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $864.9M |
| 2019 | 365 | approximately $2.3K | approximately 21% | approximately 12% | approximately $676.2M |
| 2018 | 350 | approximately $3.3K | approximately 18% | approximately 11% | approximately $1.5B |
| 2017 | 251 | approximately $7.3K | approximately 23% | approximately 11% | approximately $532.9M |
| 2016 | 236 | approximately $32K | approximately 39% | approximately 18% | approximately $919.1M |
| 2015 | 177 | approximately $26.3K | approximately 31% | approximately 18% | approximately $418.6M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Survival launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Man's SkySteam | approximately $432.1M | 420.7K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 2 | 7 Days to DieSteam | approximately $431.8M | 401.2K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 3 | DayZSteam | approximately $357.6M | 469.9K | 78% | $49.99 |
| 4 | SatisfactorySteam | approximately $326.2M | 279.9K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 5 | Project ZomboidSteam | approximately $301.3M | 483.3K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 6 | ValheimSteam | approximately $276.2M | 468.1K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 7 | ARC RaidersSteam | approximately $253.1M | 416.9K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 8 | The ForestSteam | approximately $247.2M | 683.1K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 9 | PalworldSteam | approximately $247.1M | 489.8K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Sons Of The ForestSteam | approximately $236.1M | 320.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 11 | FactorioSteam | approximately $205.8M | 235K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 12 | TerrariaSteam | approximately $189.8M | 1.6M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 13 | RimWorldSteam | approximately $179.3M | 246.8K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 14 | RaftSteam | approximately $169.4M | 378.9K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 15 | approximately $149.4M | 141.1K | 80% | $59.99 | |
| 16 | Deep Rock GalacticSteam | approximately $134.3M | 380.3K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 17 | Fallout 4Steam | approximately $133.6M | 429.3K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Left 4 Dead 2Steam | approximately $129.1M | 1.1M | 98% | $9.99 |
| 19 | SubnauticaSteam | approximately $123M | 380.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 20 | Resident Evil 4Steam | approximately $119.1M | 278.8K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 21 | Risk of Rain 2Steam | approximately $113.8M | 353.1K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 22 | Manor LordsSteam | approximately $112M | 91.9K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 23 | approximately $111.6M | 191.4K | 82% | $39.99 | |
| 24 | Gray Zone WarfareSteam | approximately $109M | 79.2K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 25 | Scrap MechanicSteam | approximately $108.2M | 122.9K | 92% | $28.99 |
| 26 | approximately $107.8M | 118K | 60% | $44.99 | |
| 27 | approximately $106.1M | 586.8K | 84% | $14.99 | |
| 28 | Escape from TarkovSteam | approximately $93.7M | 65.3K | 49% | $49.99 |
| 29 | approximately $92.2M | 543.4K | 95% | $14.99 | |
| 30 | Dune: AwakeningSteam | approximately $91M | 79.2K | 71% | $24.99 |
| 31 | Resident Evil 2Steam | approximately $90.9M | 156.6K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 32 | EnshroudedSteam | approximately $90.1M | 105.9K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 33 | Bloons TD 6Steam | approximately $89.3M | 395.4K | 97% | $13.99 |
| 34 | approximately $88.3M | 109.3K | 84% | $59.99 | |
| 35 | approximately $87.6M | 203.4K | 89% | $19.99 | |
| 36 | V RisingSteam | approximately $84M | 137.3K | 89% | $34.99 |
| 37 | approximately $83.5M | 156.3K | 94% | $29.99 | |
| 38 | KenshiSteam | approximately $83.3M | 116.9K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 39 | Subnautica 2Steam | approximately $80.7M | 127.7K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 40 | The Outlast TrialsSteam | approximately $79.1M | 112.3K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 41 | Oxygen Not IncludedSteam | approximately $75.5M | 144K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 42 | Killing Floor 2Steam | approximately $69.2M | 129.5K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 43 | GroundedSteam | approximately $68.1M | 95.9K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 44 | Fallout 76Steam | approximately $65.4M | 140.8K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 45 | Days GoneSteam | approximately $63.8M | 117.2K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 46 | R.E.P.O.Steam | approximately $62.9M | 425.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 47 | BarotraumaSteam | approximately $62.7M | 90K | 94% | $34.99 |
| 48 | ICARUSSteam | approximately $62.1M | 68.7K | 75% | $34.99 |
| 49 | approximately $60M | 88.5K | 85% | $39.99 | |
| 50 | The Long DarkSteam | approximately $58.8M | 123.9K | 89% | $19.99 |